IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 11 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2811308
Open Access Original Research
Prognostic and Immune Infiltration Signatures of GIMAP Family Genes in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
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1 Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 646000 Luzhou, Sichuan, China
2 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 646000 Luzhou, Sichuan, China
*Correspondence: liang2002@swmu.edu.cn (Xuemei Liang); zhangming041@swmu.edu.cn (Ming Zhang)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(11), 308; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2811308
Submitted: 28 April 2023 | Revised: 21 June 2023 | Accepted: 30 June 2023 | Published: 28 November 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a common malignant tumor of the urinary system characterized by abundant immunocytes infiltration. The impact of guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) of immunity-associated proteins (GIMAPs) on the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) and prognosis of ccRCC is unclear. Methods: The expression of GIMAPs in ccRCC was determined through multiple datasets (ONCOMINE, TCGA and UALCAN). The relationship between GIMAP family members was analyzed through Spearman correlation analysis. The interaction among the GIMAPs protein was analyzed using STRING. Prognostic values of GIMAPs were evaluated by Survival analysis, Lasso and Cox regression analysis; Prognostic risk model and nomogram were constructed. The correlation between GIMAPs and TIME was explored using TIMER, Cibersort and Pearson correlation analysis. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was performed to discuss their function and mechanism in ccRCC. Results: GIMAPs were over-expressed in ccRCC and significantly related to overall survival (OS) of the patients. GIMAPs were positively correlated with each other, the risk model based on GIMAPs had good prognostic value in ccRCC. GIMAPs mainly expressed in TIME and were associated with abundant immunocytic infiltration in ccRCC, the risk model also had close correlation with TIME. Our results showed GIMAPs may affect the development of ccRCC by regulating the amount and antitumor activity of immunocytes in TIME. Conclusions: GIMAPs were over-expressed in ccRCC, and their expression levels were significantly related to the OS of patients and immunocytic infiltration in TIME. GIMAPs are potential therapeutic targets and prognostic biomarkers for ccRCC.

Keywords
GIMAPs
clear cell renal cell carcinoma
tumor immune microenvironment
prognosis
biomarker
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